The Baltic Aquascaphe GMT is a real value proposition...and there's no waitlist!
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- Опубликовано: 10 мар 2023
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Hi all!
Baltic lent me this to review and I hardly took it off the wrist. Not that it doesn't have some drawbacks.
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I have a Baltic Aquascaphe GMT and it runs about 1.5 seconds fast per day! Mine came with a slip of paper showing that they’d regulated it to +2 seconds per day at factory. Love the watch, have taken it on international trips with me :)
Ah, thanks for telling me, Zach. Maybe for units they send out to reviewers, they're just 'review' pieces and the actual purchasers get something regulated! As it should be. I'll pin your comment so people know 👌🏻
Such a good review, nicely done. Always good for a couple chuckles! The point system is perfect.
Ah, thanks so much, Rob 🙌🏻honestly, that means a lot and I’m glad you enjoyed it
Love your humour. Wonderful review insightful, entertaining and informative just as it should be.
Thanks so much for saying that, Darrell, that means a lot 🙌🏻
I have this exact watch and absolutely love it. The design and proportions are perfect. I agree with you on the accuracy; not great. The crown system is a bit unpredictable too. Overall the looks and execution are phenomenal. Love this Baltic!
This is a truly lovely piece mate! I'm glad they are using domed sapphire crystals as opposed to acrylic, at least with their Aquascaphe line. Speaking of which: a couple of months ago I purchased a pre-loved Aquascaphe Dual Crown and I couldn't be happier with it. It contains a Miyota 9039 and it totally runs within chronometer specs. Maybe the new Miyota 9075 true GMT movement is a viable alternative for them to consider for future batches of this watch. I like that you're constantly working on improving your videos with numerous tweaks, excellent stuff mate!
They're choosing crystals that really capture the essence of an acrylic one - that insane doming, but without it being annoying on the wrist, or bulbous or anything like that. Also, congrats on that piece. They look sweet. I like the look of those, and the Traska Seafarer, with similar looks. That also has the Miyota 9039, as does another watch I'm currently reviewing. I'm enjoying the no-date watches more and more these days, it seems! Hopefully I'll get a look at something with that 9075 true GMT movement, too, which the BOLDR Odyssey GMT has, funnily enough... And thanks so much for the kind words, Alex - honestly, it really means a lot. Get a pic of that Baltic up on the ol' Instagram, too! Just checked your profile to see it but couldn't find it (but did lust after that Nodus Sector a bit!).
I have the Baltic aquascaphe blue in bronze. My first and last watch. Perfect for me.
New subscriber, loving every video I've watched so far
Thanks so much for saying so - it really means a lot 🙌🏻glad you’re enjoying them
Entertaining review as always! Didn’t know much about Baltic. But you’re right. If you can afford it, the watch has a lot of value for the price.
Thanks so much!! It’s in a competitive price bracket, but I think they hold their own with the likes of Zelos, Venezianico, Maen etc - certainly in terms of design.
Great video as always 👏🏼
What a wonderful watch, it has everything i look for ,and this company is definately on the right track.
The movement seems to be a question mark though 🤔 Thank You for reviewing ♥
My Baltic GMT is +/- 5 seconds per day. I had a warranty issue that….Baltic responded within hours. Excellent service.
Excellent review as always! I’ve been eyeing this Baltic for a while now. It looks gorgeous, but there’s stiff competition in that price range. Choices, choices…
Thanks very much, mate! It’s a beauty but you’re dead right - there’s so much good stuff competing around that price. If you look on the secondary market, too, you can get good deals on Oris around that price. But I think this has such a beautifully executed design!
Love your sense of humor. I've bought the Baltic MR-01 but it still not here but I'm very excited. I think Baltic might grow to be amazing. But I would really like to see the movement. I don't like closed case backs!
Thanks so much, mate. That is an absolutely stunning looking watch - great choice. And you get to see that beautiful micro-rotor movement. Let me know how it is! 🙌
for some reason youtube hasn't been showing me your videos even though I was subscribed. now to watch them all and catch up
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!! 😅 I'm gonna use this as the reason my subscriber count isn't in the millions yet... Hope you enjoy them, mate!
Love the review Pip
Thanks, Chris! 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Thanks for the review! - my Baltic GMT came with a control sheet that shows +13s/d, and worn the C125 gained up to 19s/d. I requested that, they stated this as high, but normal. I wouldn't wanna call this "regulation" acceptable, because the C125 can do so much better. Probably they don't regulate the mvts. at all, they just run them on a grapher. So I regulated this to a deviation range of -1 to +4 s/d min_max. all positions, and that is, how it's running the last 8 months. I remember the caseback beeing almost unscrewed, when I inspected the watch closely after arriving, that never would have been water resist. Man! That should not happen. Also fixed this & got it pressure tested by a watchmaker. And he approved my regulation ;) Now it is indeed a beautiful watch: love the design, great functionality, very good finishing, rest of QC did well - no dust on the black laquered dial, flawless hands & markers. Nice :) And I recommend the BOR bracelet, it's good stuff. But don't accept the lume to be something like Zelos style - it is initially nice & evenly applied, but fades a bit fast.
Nice job on the regulation! But you’re so right about the caseback - hopefully this is the exception and not the rule 🙏🏻the model I reviewed was actually fine in this respect and the QC was obviously pretty great, but it would be good for more regulation, though others have reported their movements are running great. A beautiful watch, nonetheless! 👌🏻
How do you regulate it?
Fantastic review, thanks 🏴🇺🇸👏👏👏👏
That's a beautiful watch!!!!!
Very informative
Agree on your point about the accuracy. Mine runs +15 spd and the power reserve doesn't last as long as I expect sometimes.
Yeah, it’s hardly COSC standards. I’m curious to know, because I’ve kind of relaxed on my attitude to accuracy of late, but would you pay more for that kind of COSC regulation?
@@LumePip yeah if I were to get a gmt today I would consider the longines 39mm. Hopefully there will be more similar sized COSC GMTs in the future.
Handsome looking watch. I am a big fan of the six o’clock date window. At first glance it looks like the love child of a Chris Ward Aquitaine and a Longines Spirit Zulu…
I think the movement and lack of bracelet is the main cons.
I was looking at the Vaer offering. Reached out to their customer service, crickets…. So I’m looking at this now but the accuracy gah
Im waiting for the day baltic releases something manual wind. Not that their watches are overly thick, but i'd love a slim dress/daily piece from them.
They have the MR01 - that’s got a micro rotor! I think they’re a bit overpriced on the secondary market but in theory should be much closer to a manual wind in terms of dimensions 👌🏻
@@LumePip yeah i know of the MR01, im just not a fan of the hangzhou movements. Owned a Sugess with it and had nothing but issues. Still prefer my old Buren cal. 1281 powered watches.
Accuracy could be due to it being magnetized during shipping. But i assume youve already tested and demagnetized it.
Yeah, very good point - but tbf it is within the parameters so my suspicion is that it’s just not regulated and that’s kind of just how it is with this one ☹️
I have been thinking of pulling the trigger on this watch for a while now, but concerns about the level of accuracy would prevent me from spending that amount of money. Shame because it's stunning.
May I humbly nominate the Lorier Hyperion as a beautiful neo vintage gmt design with the same movement for less cost?
Bud, someone else also suggested this. You’re so right - it looks like a stunner. I might try and see if they want me to review one 😝they send PolyWatch with it too, thank god 🤣
do you know if the watch is anti magnetic? i can not find any information about that
I think I prefer the Aquascaphe classic (BP Fifty Fathoms homage).
I love this watch! It's my microbrand grail 😁
Nice, mate - definitely attainable!
@@LumePip Not where I live 😭
@@holokron1337 Ah, no, where is that?!
Man if it had a sellita I prob would get one all things being equal. I like the green one.
Wow...for that price Baltic really needs to fix that accuracy. Agree, the beads of rice bracelet on their website looks great...great looking piece...Jack Mason has a new GMT as well, very similar specs....still...my $100 beater with an NH35 shouldnt be more accurate....great video as always, cheers! Also, nice backhand at Bouldr...hahahaha
if you want an accurate watch buy quartz bro... its more accurate than grand seiko you fool
@@chillilover8345 and an Apple Watch is more accurate than a quartz…we are talking about automatics…keep up skippy
@@brianmurphy8154 electronic / quartz they are all the same boat. if that is the case go buy an apple watch... dont waste time and effort on mechanical watch. Even grandseiko looses or gains time. If you are looking for mechanical watch, you should be looking at the whole package, not just one aspect.
@@chillilover8345 I’m not looking at one aspect but I am looking at probably the most important aspect of a mechanical watch. That being it’s ability keep accurate time. As I stated, for that price, my expectation is that it be more accurate than what the video reported. It’s not my fault your standard is lower. Maybe you should expect more, not me less.
@@brianmurphy8154 you do realize it would cost about 100 to 120 usd more PER watch to get them COSC certified?? Baltic is focussed on value for money, if you want accuracy in this price range, just buy a quartz already.
This is the finest in its class. Been eyeballing Baltic for some time. My Ama diver is very similair with the beads of rice. The Sopra seems a questionable choice.....
I might have a TOOL WATCH CO review coming up soon… I think not enough brands utilise beads of rice bracelets. They look fantastic and are as comfy as hell
Can you please review the CW Aquatine GMT?
I'd love to, mate, and I did ask CW's marketing people but think there was a queue of reviewers waiting for some of these later models. My channel's smallfry so sometimes I have to wait a fair bit!
@@LumePip Hope you get one to review. I couldnt find that many aquatine GMT reviews.
Lorier hyperion very similar vibe to this but with a hesalite crystal, so even more of a vintage vibe
Ian, great shout 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻I’d love to review one. Maybe they’ll see this and get in touch… Or more likely, I could try my hand at seeing if they want me to check it out. I can tell them a couple of people have said they should! 😅
@@LumePip I’ve got a Neptune v3 if you want to borrow it for review
@@iangraham705 That would be amazing, and I'd absolutely love to! Would you be able to send me an email at shallowpip@gmail.com so we could arrange something? Thanks so much!🙌
@@LumePip email sent
Ah, my bad, I spoke too early. The CW was referenced… 😳
The website says the thickness is 12mm including the crystal. Is it really 13.5mm? Why do they be lying like that?
Could that be they're actually measuring just the case without the crystal but mistakenly labelling it as without? I had it on the calipers, just like I do with all the watches. Not sure about that one! It still wears extremely well and like a slim diver, if that makes any sense haha
A bit of trivia...Soprod is owned by Festina Group.
Ah, nice one, Kevin - I didn't know that. When I was living in Spain, Festina watches were everywhere. Their designs never did anything for me, though! Maybe they save their best thinkers in that group for the movement makers! 😅
I would get a Lorier GMT instead, prefer the design
I might get to try one of these out soon! 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Just go for Tudor. You'll get a Rolex superlative chronometer movement for half the price.
Or Longines, and you get cosc for half Tudor price.
Or just go for SpringDrive if you are THIS worried about timekeeping. Itll smoke ANY Tudor or Rolex🤣
Or get 2 Casio FW91 for £20. Wear one on each wrist, one set to GMT, and the other set to your current time zone. You will also have a useful alarm on each watch.
Water resistence over 100M is irrelevant. People just need a waterproof watch, they don't go diving in general. And below 100M is unlikely. 100M should be the standard on all watches.
100 meter waterresistance rating isnt actually resistant to 100 meters. Read up on the topic a bit before commenting next time...
@@HRM.H I know what it means. Their resistance is typically more than their rating. I'm saying anything over 100M its irrelevant when it comes to practical need for the average person. Read up on my comment a bit before assuming I'm attacking you.
sure it's not about the depth almost nobody dives, rather it's a mark of quality and build quality
@@TheChadWork2001 That's wrong if a watch says 5 bar, for example, you can only wash your hands with it and not dive 50 meters deep, it's exactly the opposite of what you claim
None of these wristwatch GMTs are in any way "true GMTs" in that they are all useless in the many parts of the world which are 1/2 hour offsets from UTC 0. The only terms i accept are "caller GMT" and "traveller GMT". I like what Baltic are doing.
Yeah, that's a fair point - it's not a bugbear for me personally, but I haven't had a 'true' GMT in for review yet, so would love to see what all the fuss is about, especially if I could do so while actually travelling!
It's ok, but not very accurate for a piece in that price range and I'm personally not bothered about a GMT, I'd rather have a 'minute' bezel.
A nice looking watch badly executed.
Glare from Crystal.
Accuracy from a watch in that price range.
For that’s sort of money I expect more.
As for accuracy manufacturers don’t give a monkeys
Whether it’s + or - 1 or 15 as long as it’s within tolerance.
I’ve got Metas ,Cosc and superlative certification watches and the best timekeeping watch I have is a 20 year old Omega which was serviced by local Watchmaker.
Who actually spent time and took pride in his work not working on a product line.
DON'T buy any baltic watches, they are garbage. I ordered their mr01 for 605 euros, paid in full, in advance. I received the watch 7 months later. It ran 9 MINUTES per hour fast. I did not mis-type the last sentence. 9 MINUTES per hour fast, not 9 seconds. And the bor bracelet was very cheap, I have $100 watches with vastly superior bracelets. And they will not provide a return shipping label to return their garbage product. Live & learn. RUN from the GARBAGE company !
The only reason Rolex is the leader is because all the other watch manufacturers refuse to regulate ALL their watches to +/-2 / day like Rolex does. THIS is why they are more desired than any other watch. I hate inaccurate mechanical movements. They slack off, and Rolex doesn't.
The only reason Rolex is the leader is because of what it represents. It’s hype and the aura of „I’ve made it“. Not saying they make bad watches, of course not, but they are not special compared to the direct competition - which Baltic is not.